Proverbs 2:21
For the upright shall dwell in the land, and the perfect shall remain in it.
Webster Bible
In The King James Version
For the upright shall dwell in the land, and the perfect shall remain in it.
In Context
20That thou mayest walk in the way of good men , and keep the paths of the righteous.
22But the wicked shall be cut off from the earth, and the transgressors shall be rooted out of it.
Cross References
Job 42:12So the LORD blessed the latter end of Job more than his beginning: for he had fourteen thousand sheep, and six thousand camels, and a thousand yoke of oxen, and a thousand she asses.
Psalms 37:9For evil doers shall be cut off: but those that wait upon the LORD, they shall inherit the earth.
Psalms 37:18The LORD knoweth the days of the upright: and their inheritance shall be for ever.
Psalms 37:29The righteous shall inherit the land, and dwell therein for ever.
Psalms 112:4To the upright there ariseth light in darkness: he is gracious, and full of compassion, and righteous.
Matthew Henry on Proverbs 2:11-22
The Benefits Conferred by Wisdom. 10 When wisdom entereth into thine heart, and knowledge is pleasant unto thy soul; 11 Discretion shall preserve thee, understanding shall keep thee: 12 To deliver thee from the way of the evil man, from the man that speaketh froward things; 13 Who leave the paths of uprightness, to walk in the ways of darkness; 14 Who rejoice to do evil, and delight in the frowardness of the wicked; 15 Whose ways are crooked, and they froward in their paths: 16 To deliver thee from the strange… Read the whole commentary →